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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Pitt County 390 348 88.0 83.4-91.5 16 3.5 2.0- 6.2 26 8.5 5.5-12.8
GENDER
Male 147 125 83.5 75.3-89.4 7 4.2 1.8- 9.4 15 12.3 7.2-20.0
Female 243 223 93.1 88.8-95.8 9 2.7 1.3- 5.4 11 4.2 2.1- 8.2
RACE
White 254 239 95.0 91.2-97.2 6 1.7 0.7- 4.2 9 3.3 1.6- 6.9
Other 136 109 77.7 67.5-85.4 10 6.2 2.9-12.5 17 16.1 9.6-25.8
AGE
18-44 157 143 89.5 82.3-94.0 3 1.7 0.5- 6.3 11 8.7 4.7-15.7
45+ 230 202 86.2 79.5-91.0 13 5.5 2.9-10.1 15 8.3 4.6-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 120 75.5 65.6-83.3 11 6.3 3.1-12.6 23 18.2 11.5-27.5
Some College + 235 227 97.1 93.9-98.7 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 180 82.1 74.6-87.8 11 4.5 2.2- 8.8 20 13.4 8.3-20.8
$50,000+ 131 128 98.9 96.6-99.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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